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Snoop Dogg Smoked Weed While Voicing His Displeasure with Our President, Which Is How I Have Spent Most of the Last Two Years
In yet another headline ripped from my living room floor after most workdays, rap legend, reggae interloper and ganjapreneur Snoop Dogg took to social media during this week’s midterm election to give the world—and the president—a piece of his mind. After announcing the urge to “not only go to the White House, but do some…
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Michelle Williams and Chad Johnson Put Their Love to the Test
All’s fair in love and guessing games. Singer-songwriter Michelle Williams and fiancé Chad Johnson uncover a few things about one another as they play relationship trivia. The pair also opens up about their relationship on Chad Loves Michelle, which airs at 9 p.m. ET Saturdays on OWN. Check out the video above as the couple…
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Wally Triplett, the 1st Black Player to Be Drafted and Appear in an NFL Game, Dies at Age 92
Wally Triplett, the trailblazing Detroit Lions running back who was the first African-American to appear in a game for an NFL team after getting drafted, died Thursday. He was 92. In a statement released by The Lions, Triplett is celebrated for his contributions both on and off the field. “As the first African American to…
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Ice Cube and LL Cool J Have Plans for World Domination
Don’t call it a comeback. They’ve been here for years. After conquering Hollywood and breathing new life into relics like Allen Iverson with his wildly successful Big3 basketball league, Ice Cube and serial Blistex connoisseur LL Cool J are joining forces to scoop up some television networks. And by some, I mean 22. According to…
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New Web Series Blacker Tackles Race With a Little Help From Some Actual #BlackGirlMagic
Wouldn’t it be amazing to turn the tables on the unseasoned for their ill-advised antics? Imagine getting reparations with a carefully worded incantation that gives a pompous bigot a taste of his own medicine. That’s what happens in Blacker, a new short web series about racism that was co-created by Rhett Owen and Eric Lockley,…
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Ayanna Pressley Isn’t Here for Your ‘Glass Ceiling’
When it comes to women of color candidates, folks don’t just talk about a glass ceiling. What they describe is a concrete one. But you know what breaks through concrete? Seismic shifts. text The midterms didn’t go how many of us had hoped they would. But tonight, there’s one huge glimmer of hope, and that’s…
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Andrew Gillum Takes the High Road, Like We Always Do
Andrew Gillum may not be Florida’s first black governor, but he still had an encouraging message of perseverance and endurance for his supporters during his concession speech to Republican opponent Ron DeSantis. Imagine what would happen if, just once, a black person didn’t have to conduct himself with grace and humility in the face of…
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Give Me Civic Duty, but Make It Sexy: These Voters Are Thirst Trappin’ on Instagram
If you’re like me then your blood pressure is probably going through the roof waiting for the results of this Tuesday night election. But never fear, the lovely people who populate Instagram have some optical distractions for your viewing pleasure. The men of IG have chosen to use the ancient art of “thirst trapping” to…
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If We’ve Ever Needed the LDF Before, We Sure Do Need Them Now
To attend the LDF’s 32nd annual National Equal Justice Awards Dinner themed: “Justice. Equality. Democracy,” is to swell with a sense of pride in the organized, brilliant pushback of our people in courts all over the land; it’s to know that two black women (Sherrilyn Ifill and Janai Nelson) are at the helm of this…
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Yes, Sir! People Magazine Names Idris Elba Sexiest Man Alive (and Water Is Wet)
Every year, People magazine designates its “Sexiest Man Alive.”And every few years, we agree with them; the last time being in 2016, when the magazine rightly honored Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. This year, we’re saying a collective “yasssss!” at the sight of perpetual thirst trap Idris Elba flashing his incredible grin from the coveted annual cover…